Where do you buy ebooks?

rheostaticsfan · 06-22-2010, 01:29 PM

I used to be a loyal fictionwise customer but since April 1 I have been unable to find what I want to buy there.

Who has a great selection of books from all the major publishers at competitive prices?

I browse amazon, kobo, fictionwise, sony store. What else am I missing?

Worldwalker · 06-22-2010, 01:43 PM

I don't buy from the Agency 5, and I don't buy DRM-locked ebooks. So I'm not going to be much help with "all the major publishers" (who are trying, by the way, to get the whole concept of "competitive" out of "prices").

There are alternatives: Baen. BookView Cafe. BeWrite.

dmaul1114 · 06-22-2010, 01:51 PM

Amazon. Public domain books from Feedbooks through their Kindle guide document.

I don't care about DRM (don't like it, but I don't re-read nor loan things so it doesn't affect me at the end of the day), who the publisher is etc. I just generally won't pay more than $10 for an e-book, nor more than the cost of the paper back on Amazon if it's a title available in paperback.

garygibsonsf · 06-22-2010, 01:53 PM

Kobobooks.com are covering most of my needs right now. Baen have a good selection of fiction from other publishers (like Night Shade, whom I particularly favour), and there's also booksonboard.com, whom I mention because you didn't. I'd say kobo are top of my pile since Fictionwise started sliding.

06-22-2010, 01:29 PM	#1
rheostaticsfan Zealot Posts: 107 Karma: 591 Join Date: May 2008 Device: kindle, iOS, Blackberry, Sony DPT (pdfs)	Where do you buy ebooks? I used to be a loyal fictionwise customer but since April 1 I have been unable to find what I want to buy there. Who has a great selection of books from all the major publishers at competitive prices? I browse amazon, kobo, fictionwise, sony store. What else am I missing?

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06-22-2010, 01:43 PM	#2
Worldwalker Curmudgeon Posts: 3,085 Karma: 722357 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: PRS-505	I don't buy from the Agency 5, and I don't buy DRM-locked ebooks. So I'm not going to be much help with "all the major publishers" (who are trying, by the way, to get the whole concept of "competitive" out of "prices"). There are alternatives: Baen. BookView Cafe. BeWrite.

06-22-2010, 01:51 PM	#3
dmaul1114 Wizard Posts: 2,300 Karma: 1121709 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle 1	Amazon. Public domain books from Feedbooks through their Kindle guide document. I don't care about DRM (don't like it, but I don't re-read nor loan things so it doesn't affect me at the end of the day), who the publisher is etc. I just generally won't pay more than $10 for an e-book, nor more than the cost of the paper back on Amazon if it's a title available in paperback.

06-22-2010, 01:53 PM	#4
garygibsonsf Addict Posts: 321 Karma: 432192 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite	Kobobooks.com are covering most of my needs right now. Baen have a good selection of fiction from other publishers (like Night Shade, whom I particularly favour), and there's also booksonboard.com, whom I mention because you didn't. I'd say kobo are top of my pile since Fictionwise started sliding.

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